Purification and kinetic characterization of the magnesium protoporphyrin IX methyltransferase from Synechocystis PCC6803

Biochemical Journal

Volumn 371, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 351-360

  Shepherd, Mark ^a   Reid, James D ^a   Hunter, C Neil ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Chlorophyll biosynthesis; Methylation; Porphyrin

Indexed keywords

BIOSYNTHESIS; CATALYSIS; ENZYMES; MAGNESIUM COMPOUNDS; PURIFICATION;

METHYLATION;

BIOCHEMISTRY;

BINDING PROTEIN; DEUTEROPORPHYRIN IX; MAGNESIUM DERIVATIVE; MAGNESIUM PROTOPORPHYRIN METHYLTRANSFERASE; METHYLTRANSFERASE; PROTOPORPHYRIN; S ADENOSYLHOMOCYSTEINE; S ADENOSYLMETHIONINE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BIOSYNTHESIS; CATALYSIS; CYANOBACTERIUM; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME KINETICS; ENZYME PURIFICATION; ENZYME SUBSTRATE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FLUORESCENCE SPECTROSCOPY; METHYLATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; STEADY STATE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; CARRIER PROTEINS; CLONING, MOLECULAR; CYANOBACTERIA; ESCHERICHIA COLI; KINETICS; METHYLTRANSFERASES; MODELS, MOLECULAR; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, SECONDARY; S-ADENOSYLMETHIONINE; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; SUBSTRATE SPECIFICITY;

ESCHERICHIA COLI; SYNECHOCYSTIS;

EID: 0038076101     PISSN: 02646021     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1042/BJ20021394     Document Type: Article

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